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pidgin package

Pidgin's main window do no appear

Bug #989557 reported by FM33 on 2012-04-27

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #879950: pidgin not showing up. Edit Remove

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This bug affects 17 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	pidgin (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Hello,

Pidgins seems to run normally (account add on startup, notifications), but the main window stay hidden, even when selecting pidgin in the messaging menu or launching it from the dash. There is only the launcher bar icon (not docked), but clicking on it does nothing. There is no tray-icon.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: pidgin 1:2.10.3-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 27 11:40:19 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pidgin
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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FM33 (foxxm) wrote on 2012-04-27:

#1

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-04-27:

#2

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in pidgin (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Lorem (lrmpsm) wrote on 2012-05-04:

#3

Yes, i have to kill pidgin process from terminal, and then reopen it to view buddy list. This happen randomly

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Géza Búza (medve) wrote on 2012-05-04:

#4

I found a workaround using Unity 3D:
1; open at least one window of arbitrary application
2; try to open pidgin's main window
3; press Super + w repeatedly until pidgin's main window appears

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FM33 (foxxm) wrote on 2012-05-05:

#5

With Lorem's solution i had the window showing, then i have enabled tray-icon in preferences. For now, the window always shows when left-clicking on tray icon.

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nossifer (oneleggedracer) wrote on 2012-05-07:

#6

Happens here as well. Geza's solution did not work for me.

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Rob Bednark (rbednark2) wrote on 2012-05-07:

#7

I'm seeing something similar, but I think slightly different:
  1) Pidgin window goes away (I did NOT close Pidgin)
  2) Pidgin icon still shows up in Alt-Tab list of running apps
  3) When I alt-tab to it, no window appears. Clicking on alt-` right after this to show other windows of this application shows windows for application that previously had the focus.
  4) ps indicates that 4 pidgin processes are running (1 parent and 3 children)
  5) clicking on Pidgin icon on launcher does nothing

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Rob Bednark (rbednark2) wrote on 2012-05-07:

#8

I saw Geza's behavior as well:
1) Close all applications
2) Alt-Tab to Pidgin
3) Alt-` to the open window in Pidgin

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Neo (neojia) wrote on 2012-07-04:

#9

I am seeing Rob's issue here as well.

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